Link Popularity

Generally link popularity refers to the number of other web pages that are linked to another web site. But this does not have to be an entire web site. It can also be an individual page as well. Now if you are looking to learn about a specific web site, and are interested in knowing how many pages are linking to it, then remember that most search engine do indeed provide the “link:” operator facility. Using it is quite simple. Just type the URL of the web site after the web site and you will get the results. The result will give you a complete list of all web pages linking to that URL, and also the links of those pages. So if you are looking for a particular page, you can do so with ease. But when you do type in the URL, do not type the quotation marks and you should be able to get the results soon enough.

If you are looking to do a comparative study of all major search engines then you can save a lot of your time and effort by saving the Link Popularity tool. All you have to do is put in the name of the URL in the search field and the tool will search all major search engines and give you a result which will basically be the number of links that are linking to that particular URL through all the major search engines. The major search engines refer to Google, Yahoo and MSN. So this will save you time and effort giving you accurate numbers as well.

Now you will notice that the results that you get may vary to a certain extent and there will be a notable difference in the total. There are quite a few reasons behind this. But mainly the whole point is to provide the number of links. It would be important to remember that every search engine has its own way of going about it. The results displayed by the tool are a representation of total inbound links. So when you consider a search engine like Google, it has specific filters that actually filter out inbound links. In such a case the total will be affected and the results will not display the filtered links.

In a search engine, one of the most important factors is the number of popular links on the web site. The reason for this is that all search engines try to display results that are both popularly sought after and relevant. Now the link popularity of a web site goes along way in helping search engines recognize their value. And as a result help rank them better in their search results as well. Of course it goes without saying that if a popular site is linked to your page; the crawlers assume that you have to be popular as well. And if a site has more inbound links, it is generally ranked higher than a web site with fewer links. So this tool will help you establish where exactly you stand in this respect.